Friday, January 16, 2009

If you thought Tom Herrion and the College of Charleston simply and sadly were not a good fit, you have lots of supportive evidence. But if you thought the guy couldn't recruit, command respect and gleefully succeed on the grandest stages of college basketball, boy, what an air ball. "I've landed quite nicely," Herrion said.

CLEMSON â" Despite a first-round draft projection and the urging of his mother to turn pro, Clemson running back C.J. Spiller showed again why he's so hard to pin down. Spiller said Thursday he would return to the Tigers for his senior season, putting off the NFL draft on the final day eligible underclassmen could declare.

SPARTANBURG â" This time, the heartbreak belonged to Wofford. A year after dropping a one-point decision to the Terriers at Benjamin Johnson Arena, the College of Charleston returned to the scene of one of its most disappointing losses of last season and held on to beat the Terriers, 65-63, on Thursday night.

GREENVILLE â" A rowdy bunch of Citadel fans took the Blue's Bubba Basketball Tour to the cold climes of the Upstate on Thursday night, and got their bus ride's worth. The Bulldog faithful, drowning out Furman fans for most of the night, witnessed The Citadel's worst half of the season, a stirring second-half comeback, and a 74-69 overtime victory before 1,638 fans at Timmons Arena.